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Nathan Ponchard

Nathan Ponchard is a contributor for Wheels and WhichCar.com.au.

HSV GTS with Mercedes-AMG E63
Classic Wheels

Archive: Top 10 cars of 2013

It was a year when great new metal was bountiful. Here, in no particular order, are the Top 10 cars of 2013 that really moved us

Mazda 6 G Vectoring
Reviews

Mazda’s ‘G-Vectoring Control’ tech review

Mazda has new tech to make life easier and smoother behind the wheel

Mazda CX 9 Front Side Jpg
News

New Mazda CX-9 to offer broader range and greater value

The missing piece in Mazda’s impressive ‘SkyActiv’ passenger-car range – the new-gen CX-9 seven-seat SUV – goes on sale in Australia next month.

Audi S4
Reviews

2016 Audi S4 Quick Review

The first performance variant of Audi’s all-new (B9) A4 range, featuring a brand new turbocharged V6 engine and one of the greatest cabins in the business.

2016 Audi S4 review
Reviews

2016 Audi S4 review

The fourth generation of Audi’s S-badged A4 scores an all-new engine to complement its new-generation platform.

Jaguar F Pace Driving Side Jpg
Reviews

Jaguar F-Pace: 7 things you didn't know

Jaguar F-Pace will arrive in Australia with swathes of premium features and tricky extras. Here are seven of the best.

Jaguar F Pace Driving Front Side Jpg
Reviews

2016 Jaguar F-Pace 20d R-Sport Quick Review

The British brand’s first-ever SUV, built to what Jaguar deems is the perfect size, rather than copying its competitors.

2016 Jaguar F-Pace review
Reviews

2016 Jaguar F-Pace review

The birthplace of the posh SUV spawns a surprisingly roomy and entertaining nemesis for the Porsche Macan and Audi Q5 – the Jaguar F-Pace

2016 Renault Clio RS 220 Trophy review
Reviews

2016 Renault Clio RS 220 Trophy review

Limited-edition Renaultsport Clio proves that harder and faster equals better

2016 Skoda Superb review
Reviews

2016 Skoda Superb review

Skoda’s voluminous new-gen Superb transforms itself into a strikingly handsome and individual left-field alternative.

Mercedes Benz GLC 250 D Front Jpg
Reviews

Mercedes-Benz GLC 250d 4matic review

The ‘right’ move allows us to forgive and reap the rewards.

2016 Range Rover Evoque review
Reviews

2016 Range Rover Evoque review

A mid-life update for Land Rover’s biggest seller introduces a new engine, sexier styling and even greater individuality

White Mini Cooper Pepper Side 1 Jpg
Reviews

Long Term Test: Mini Cooper Pepper - Pt. 3

Minimal anxiety about this separation.

2014 Mini Cooper Pepper
Opinion

2014 Mini Cooper Pepper long term review

Not-so-mini Mini with three boosted pots: living with the 2014 Mini Cooper Pepper

2016 Honda CR-V DTi-L review
Reviews

2016 Honda CR-V DTi-L review

The strength of the new Honda diesel in this limited-edition CR-V augurs well for its debut in the HR-V later this year

2016 Wheels Car of the Year winner: Mazda MX-5
COTY

Mazda MX-5: 2016 Car of the Year Winner

Mazda’s brilliantly light and easy sports car won the judges’ hearts and minds. Here’s why it deserved its victory

Commodore SS-V Redline v Audi RS3 v BMW M135i v Mercedes-AMG A45 v Mini JCW v Renaultsport Megane v VW Golf R comparison review
Comparisons

Commodore SS-V Redline v Audi RS3 v BMW M135i v Mercedes-AMG A45 v Mini JCW v Renaultsport Megane v VW Golf R comparison review

All Tasmania needs to come to life as a drivers’ nirvana is seven cracking performance cars and a bunch of primed pilots. That’s our cue...

Mini Long Term Corby Jpg
Reviews

Long Term Test: Mini Cooper Pepper - Pt. 2

‘It’s not me, it’s you’ scenario stymies the romance

Affordable Performance-Cars-Driving-in-Tasmania
Features

Isle of Right: Performance Cars in Tasmania

Join Wheels in Tasmania as we blast around some of Australia’s best driving roads in seven of the best affordable drivers’ cars.

2016 Mercedes-Benz GLC review
Reviews

2016 Mercedes-Benz GLC review

Mercedes-Benz fills a glaring hole in its line-up with this classy, high-quality C-Class-based SUV called GLC

Mazda MX-5 driving front side
Reviews

2016 Mazda MX-5 2.0-litre review

A bigger engine debuts with bigger wheels and tyres on the Mazda MX-5 roadster. So is the 2.0-litre a sweeter steer than the delectable 1.5?

Mazda CX-5 v Hyundai Tucson v Ford Kuga v Subaru Forester comparison review
Comparisons

Mazda CX-5 v Hyundai Tucson v Ford Kuga v Subaru Forester comparison review

Can the turbocharged, top-spec Hyundai Tucson Highlander run with the best of the medium SUV bunch, when each is in its most powerful form?

2016 Volkswagen Passat
Reviews

2016 Volkswagen Passat review

The B8-generation Volkswagen Passat combines affordable luxury with handsome sheetmetal, generous space and an excellent chassis

Manual Stim Jpg
Reviews

Peugeot 308 vs Renault Megane vs Volkswagen Golf

In an ever-automated world, here are three affordable Euro manuals that prove it’s great to shift your own gears